Millions of Americans await awe-inspiring total solar eclipse

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Scott Olson/Getty Images: A sign directs visitors to parking areas to view the solar eclipse on August 19, 2017 in Carbondale, Illinois.

Millions of Americans armed with protective-glasses are taking-positions along a slender-ribbon of land cutting diagonally across the United States to marvel at the first-total-solar-eclipse to unfold from coast to coast in nearly a century.

After weeks of anticipation, the sight of the moon’s shadow passing directly in front of the sun, blotting out all but the halo-like-solar-corona, will draw one of the largest audiences in human history, experts say.

When those watching via social and broadcast media are included, the spectacle will likely smash records.

Some 12 million people live in the 70-mile-wide (113-km-wide), 2,500-mile-long (4,000-km-long) zone where the total eclipse will appear on Monday.

Millions of others have traveled to…

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